Berlin Wall's Fall (1989)

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson chatted with fighter pilots Thursday at Langley Air Force Base. Her only wish: a bigger crowd.

A pilot shortage across the Air Force "is a very big deal" and defies a single, easy solution, Wilson told reporters during a break between meetings. Having been sworn in on May 8, she's now getting out out of Washington to visit airmen and hear about their needs.

Wilson graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1982, the third class to include women. Instead of going to flight school, she earned her master's and doctorate degrees as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University in England.

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